Analytical envelope correlation and spectrum of maximal-ratio combined fading signals

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 399-404

  Iskander, Cyril Daniel ^a,b   Mathiopoulos, P Takis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Envelope correlation; Maximal ratio combining (MRC); Nakagami fading; Rician fading

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO RECEIVERS;

ENVELOPE CORRELATION; MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING (MRC); NAKAGAMI FADING; RICIAN FADING;

RAYLEIGH FADING;

EID: 13444251340     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.838889     Document Type: Article

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